1. Contacts:
biagio.coppa@libero.it,
Tel. +393478324252
Biagio Coppa, woodwinds,composer,conductor, educator.
Since 1996 he turned his attention to any kinds of improvised music based on afro-american
idiomatic expressions. Especially he digs the music of M-base and Steve Coleman; he really studied
a way to use Ornette Coleman’s “Harmolodic” concept as creative reconstruction of western music
theory and practice; he beliefs in the importance and necessity of logical analysis of the musical
experience to get the better of musical mainstream, so he moves toward a deeper understanding of
ancient and recent musical structure and “Architecture”; also he is involved to develop an
accomplished chromatic and twelve tone-tonality approach in musical composition and
improvisation. Moreover he considers essential, these days, to have an experience about materials
and techniques of “Twentieth-Century Music” (Schonberg, Weber, Kagel, Feldman,Cage,Bolouez
etc..), to build a peculiar musical language and create your own contemporary personal “sound”.
Since 1997 he is Artistic and Project Director of “Flight Band”, a non profit corporation dedicated
to the teaching of and evolution of creative music.
All along he is actively involved in many “synaestesia“ project mostly concerning video and theatre
performances.
As orchestra leader and conductor he uses the “Sound Painting” technique, the art of live
composition, by Walter Thompson.
His musical experience was extremely varied, in short, and he has been fortunate enough to tour,
perform and record with some of extraordinary musicians like:
Ralph Alessi, Drew Gress, Shane Endesly, Matt Mitchell, Tom Rainey, John Riley, Chris
Lightcap, Mark Farber, Albert Mayer, Giuseppe Chiari, Giulio Capiozzo, Achille Succi,
Xabier Iriondo , Silvia Bolognesi, Cristiano Calcagnile, Mauro Grossi, Massimo Manzi,
Giovanni Tommaso, Attilio Zanchi, Francesco di Lenge, Gabriele Orsi, Carmen Staff, Nate
Wooley, Cory Smythe, Trevor Dunn, Tyshawn Sorey, John Patitucci, Aruan Ortiz, Rob
Garcia
Essential Recordings:
FREE FLY – “Aliseo” (1997) (Self Produced)
BIAGIO COPPA – “Anastomosi” 2006 (Abeat Records)
BIAGIO COPPA- FlightBand- C. Fasoli- “Driving out…birth of the cool” 2008 (Abeat Records)
C.O.D. Trio- “we will rock you-we will jazz you-we will mock you” 2009( Music Center)
BIAGIO COPPA, Flight Band – Mingus Uni & Versus – 2010 (Philology)
C.O.D. Trio – Mingus’ reform school – 2010 (NoFlight Records)
BIAGIO COPPA – Antagonisti Androgeni – 2010 (Ruby Flower Records)
C.O.D. Trio – ODD ORIGINAL SONGS- 2011 (Silta Records)
MONK’S MIND - Coppa, Orsi, Di Lenge feat. John Patitucci- 2011 (Music Center)
BIAGIO COPPA, Flight Band - S_Compagine Musicale Vol 1- 2014(NoFlight Records)
BIAGIO COPPA- 23:54 Get Moving 2014(NoFlight Records)